This is a good overall summary but probably worth noting how early Joey and Sergio specifically entered the arena (2017), given they're still around. If Sergio somehow sticks around his entire term he'll have done TEN years...
Also just throwing it out there, we should probably take anything Horton said in an exit interview with a massive…
This is a good overall summary but probably worth noting how early Joey and Sergio specifically entered the arena (2017), given they're still around. If Sergio somehow sticks around his entire term he'll have done TEN years...
Also just throwing it out there, we should probably take anything Horton said in an exit interview with a massive grain of salt. It's definitely plausible but without something to corroborate that (or maybe someone already did?) it's hard to fully rely on his account of things.
I acknowledge that Horton is liar and an unreliable narrator; BUT how else can we account for his making a new school a major focus of his administration?
Especially given the ideological dispositions of Taynavutti, Kartha, and the rest of them? My understanding is that there were some professional ties between Taynavutti and Horton before he was hired. And why break precedent and have a secretive search?
Henry Wilkins--Mya's spouse--had been working on the STEM School idea for a few years before Horton was hired. Check his letter to the editor below where he says Biz was telling him to work on the idea in 2019 before Horton was even hired.
A new school was clearly on the minds of the board when Horton was hired so it is not unreasonable that he was telling the truth in the exit interview.
Given the current debacle at Bessie Rhodes, it is also interesting to remember that Mya Wilkins was an early opponent of TWI at the school, so her enthusiastic support for shutting it down as a board member should not be surprising:
Yeah, Horton and Tanyavutti worked together in AUSL (as did Turner). I'm not sure how well they knew each other - but he was a principal and she was a "network advisor" according to her LinkedIn. I'm not sure how closely they worked together if at all but it wasn't a huge organization.
I didn't appreciate how much push back there was to Bessie Rhodes back in 2017 and how it was viewed by some of the equity folks as a zero sum with the Fifth Ward School. Good background. Somehow we managed to find the worst possible outcome.
This is a good overall summary but probably worth noting how early Joey and Sergio specifically entered the arena (2017), given they're still around. If Sergio somehow sticks around his entire term he'll have done TEN years...
Also just throwing it out there, we should probably take anything Horton said in an exit interview with a massive grain of salt. It's definitely plausible but without something to corroborate that (or maybe someone already did?) it's hard to fully rely on his account of things.
I acknowledge that Horton is liar and an unreliable narrator; BUT how else can we account for his making a new school a major focus of his administration?
Especially given the ideological dispositions of Taynavutti, Kartha, and the rest of them? My understanding is that there were some professional ties between Taynavutti and Horton before he was hired. And why break precedent and have a secretive search?
Henry Wilkins--Mya's spouse--had been working on the STEM School idea for a few years before Horton was hired. Check his letter to the editor below where he says Biz was telling him to work on the idea in 2019 before Horton was even hired.
A new school was clearly on the minds of the board when Horton was hired so it is not unreasonable that he was telling the truth in the exit interview.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2021/08/16/henry-wilkins-open-letter-to-the-district-65-school-board/
Given the current debacle at Bessie Rhodes, it is also interesting to remember that Mya Wilkins was an early opponent of TWI at the school, so her enthusiastic support for shutting it down as a board member should not be surprising:
https://evanstonnow.com/parents-fight-back-against-plans-for-bessie-rhodes/
Yeah, Horton and Tanyavutti worked together in AUSL (as did Turner). I'm not sure how well they knew each other - but he was a principal and she was a "network advisor" according to her LinkedIn. I'm not sure how closely they worked together if at all but it wasn't a huge organization.
https://www.foiagras.com/p/academy-for-urban-school-leadership
I didn't appreciate how much push back there was to Bessie Rhodes back in 2017 and how it was viewed by some of the equity folks as a zero sum with the Fifth Ward School. Good background. Somehow we managed to find the worst possible outcome.